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I'm not sure of all details but here goes.
Diagnised October 2002. Large tumor - 9cm - rst of body clear.Pre surgery doxorubicin and doxetaxol.
Shrunk to allmost no disease. Op in Feb, Followed by radiaiton and hera trial( May).
August - small skin mets - this has been ongoing.Off hera trial - onto Herceptin weekly
Had :
Taxol-worked for 4 months.
Navelbine - 5 months.
Xeloda - 6 months cleared - reappeared.
Can't remember order anymore - somewhere in all that got another growth in other breast and had that removed - new cancer- her2 again
Also had - carboplatin, doxil , xeloda again, gemzar - continual chem .
Just complete rads for open skin mets on chest,
Now waiting for Tykerb( lapatinib) - anxiously.New skin mets on shoulder and enlarged lymph gland in neck.
Linda W
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